Former police officer Brandon Tatum gives an alternate viewpoint of the altercation between police and Daniel Prude, who had a criminal record with 37 arrests and 8 convictions and was on PCP at the time of the confrontation. Tatum said that, prior to the incident, a report indicates that Prude’s brother claimed Daniel was high on PCP, acted erratically, and threw himself head-first down some stairs. Police took him to a mental-health facility, but they released him whereupon he returned to his brother’s home. The brother called the police again to assist with Daniel, who was outside naked while it was snowing. When he resisted arrest, a spit hood was placed over his head because he told police he had COVID-19 and was a spit risk. Daniel may have vomited a watery discharge and choked, but he did not die until seven days later in the hospital. Tatum said that police made jokes about the incident. He said that Prude likely died from excited delirium, which is a condition that arises when a person is on drugs with an elevated heart rate followed by a rush of adrenaline. This leads to cardiac arrest. It is unlikely that the DA’s office or the media will be interested in this explanation. -GEG
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News10NBC obtained 88 minutes of body camera video worn by Rochester Police officers involved in the arrest of Daniel Prude.
What this video shows us is what happened before Rochester Police encountered Daniel Prude on Jefferson Avenue, and it shows what happened when police went back to his brother’s house after Prude stopped breathing.
“Hey, what’s up?” an officer says as he walks into Joe Prude’s home on Rochester’s west side.
It was 3:05 a.m., March 23.
Joe Prude called 911 concerned about his brother Daniel who ran from his house.
Joe Prude: “He came here, the drug he was on, it got him hallucinating.”
RPD: “Yeah.”
In less than 20 minutes, Daniel Prude would be in police custody, handcuffed and unconscious.
The body camera video picks up this radio call.
Radio call: “The guy is supposed to be on PCP if they run into him.”
RPD: “Okay. Is he on PCP?”
Joe Prude: “Bingo.”
Under cause of death, the autopsy report includes “Acute (PCP) intoxication.” It also says “Complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint and excited delirium.” The autopsy ruled Prude’s death a homicide.
In the video, Joe Prude also tells the officer he checked Daniel Prude into Strong Hospital at approximately 4 p.m. the previous evening, March 22.
RPD: “How long was he at Strong?”
Joe Prude: “Man, only a few hours.”
Prude would later tell the officer that his brother was sent home by Strong Hospital in a medical cab. Prude says the cab arrived at his home at around 9 p.m.
The video shows Joe Prude telling the officer, “When the doctor called me and told me they released him I’m saying how are you going to sit here and say you’re going to release him when he was (inaudible) telling he was going to hurt himself.”
While the police are at Joe Prude’s house, body camera video from other officers shows they discover broken glass at a T-Mobile store on West Main Street. They would later learn this was broken by Daniel Prude and was the source of his bleeding.
Joe Prude called 911 concerned about his brother Daniel who ran from his house.
Joe Prude: “He came here, the drug he was on, it got him hallucinating.”
RPD: “Yeah.”
In less than 20 minutes, Daniel Prude would be in police custody, handcuffed and unconscious.
The body camera video picks up this radio call.
Radio call: “The guy is supposed to be on PCP if they run into him.”
RPD: “Okay. Is he on PCP?”
Joe Prude: “Bingo.”
Under cause of death, the autopsy report includes “Acute (PCP) intoxication.” It also says “Complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint and excited delirium.” The autopsy ruled Prude’s death a homicide.
In the video, Joe Prude also tells the officer he checked Daniel Prude into Strong Hospital at approximately 4 p.m. the previous evening, March 22.
RPD: “How long was he at Strong?”
Joe Prude: “Man, only a few hours.”
Prude would later tell the officer that his brother was sent home by Strong Hospital in a medical cab. Prude says the cab arrived at his home at around 9 p.m.
The video shows Joe Prude telling the officer, “When the doctor called me and told me they released him I’m saying how are you going to sit here and say you’re going to release him when he was (inaudible) telling he was going to hurt himself.”
While the police are at Joe Prude’s house, body camera video from other officers shows they discover broken glass at a T-Mobile store on West Main Street. They would later learn this was broken by Daniel Prude and was the source of his bleeding.
URMC issued this statement when contacted by News10NBC:
“Privacy laws prevent us from discussing Daniel Prude’s evaluation or treatment at Strong Memorial Hospital. However, our care teams follow all applicable laws and standards of clinical care regarding evaluation and treatment of patients under Mental Health Arrest. We are conducting a thorough internal review and have offered to meet with the family to share with them all details of his care at Strong.”
At 3:59 a.m., the original officer returns to Joe Prude’s house.
RPD: “So uh, we got, your brother’s at Strong.”
Joe Prude: “Uh-huh.”
RPD: “But the bosses want me to hang out here with you until they figure some more stuff out.”
The conversation lasts for 10 minutes. The officer does not tell Joe Prude the details of what happened to his brother, but they talk about how Daniel Prude tried to hurt himself.
Woman: “Yeah, earlier he went and jumped in front of the train.”
Joe Prude: “Yeah, the train missed him by this much.”
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